The addition of lemon plus garlic and rosemary give it something extra - and a good balance to the smoky flavour of the fish. It would also be really nice served as cocktail pleaser in small balls but instead of garlic and rosemary I would add coriander and a little bit of chilli and a sweet chili dipping sauce.
This recipe made two meals for us - 12 large cakes (adult size) and 24 babycakes (for kiddies) Freeze after full prepared, not at the pre-cooking stage.. You can re-heat in the oven for convenience.
Ingredients:
900g smoked cod
1kg starchy potatoes, peeled, boiled and drained well. (Desiree or russet)
zest of 2 lemons
3 tb fresh rosemary finely chopped or 2 tsp dried
3 tb fresh chives finely chopped or 2 tsp dried
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
100gr butter or margarine
Pepper
3 cups milk (I used milk powder and water)
3 cups of breadcrumbs (I used 4 pieces of wholemeal bread in food processor to make breadcrumbs)
2 eggs
Olive oil for frying
Method:
Once your potatoes are boiled, mash in your butter, lemon, garlic and rosemary and chives.
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Ensure there are no bones in your cod (we found a few but they were easy to locate and remove)
Add your cod to the milk and poach - about 2 mins on each side - you may need to do this in batches.
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Remove from pan, drain and discard milk and mash the cod into the potato mix.
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Make the mix into the size cakes you would like
In a separate bowl, whisk your eggs
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Make your breadcrumbs/put them on to plate/tray
Heat your oil in fry pan, with a pastry brush paint egg mixture on one cake at a time and roll in breadcrumbs
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Put in fry pan and fry until golden, place on baking tray with paper towel, keep warm in oven whilst you continue making batches - this also helps warm through
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We served ours with steamed carrots, broccoli and cauliflower. The fish cakes themselves worked out to about $16 for 2 dinners. Delicious and cheap! Winner that's for sure!
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1 lovely comments:
Great idea to save money and I've always wondered which fish is best to use in a fish pie!
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